What I Think (Page 3): Thank you :sm09:...

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

jdw57 wrote:

Genius Bob, genius!!!

Thank you

Geo

Blade_Runner wrote:

Work on the mid-terms? That's the logical thing to do, I suppose.

However, considering what just happened to our Electoral system, how can we be sure something even more destructive won't occur? How can we be sure we will have a fair election? Or, have one at all?

All of us Republicans should boycott the elections from now on, just like we did in Georgia. Who's with me?!

jdw57 Loc: Almost Heaven

Geo wrote:

All of us Republicans should boycott the elections from now on, just like we did in Georgia. Who's with me?!

There are no parties to vote for anymore!

It's communist against patriots.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Geo wrote:

All of us Republicans should boycott the elections from now on, just like we did in Georgia. Who's with me?!

GmanTerry

I agree. However, you and I can rejoice that we lived in the United States when it was united, had a culture shared by all and actually had the rights guaranteed by the now defunct document, the Constitution of the United States. We were blessed.

Semper Fi

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

GmanTerry wrote:

I agree. However, you and I can rejoice that we lived in the United States when it was united, had a culture shared by all and actually had the rights guaranteed by the now defunct document, the Constitution of the United States. We were blessed.

Semper Fi

When was that?

jdw57 Loc: Almost Heaven

GmanTerry wrote:

I agree. However, you and I can rejoice that we lived in the United States when it was united, had a culture shared by all and actually had the rights guaranteed by the now defunct document, the Constitution of the United States. We were blessed.

Semper Fi

Amen brother, blessed and highly favored!
Nothing is impossible with the Lord, we still have hope!!!

manning5 Loc: Richmond, VA

Bad Bob wrote:

When was that?

Obviously before your time.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

manning5 wrote:

Obviously before your time.

And yours

manning5 Loc: Richmond, VA

Bad Bob wrote:

And yours

Well now! My memory was for the 1935 to 1941 timeframe in Washington D.C. We lived very well, the schools were fine, I could bike all over DC without fear of any kind, the war clouds were forming of course, and my father went on active duty in the Army Air Force. He introduced me to General Hap Arnold, and got me a ride in an NAA Waco-N airplane, and time in a Link Trainer. Then Dad took me to a Redskins game, and after it was over, introduced me to Sammy Baugh. For a 10 or 11 year old it was a period I look back on with joy.

During school days, we went to the White Tower for lunch. 25 cents bought you four of their hamburgers and a chocolate drink. I can remember their taste even now.

My friends and I had allowances of 25 cents every Saturday too, so we raced to the local Georgetown movie house in the afternoon, and for 15 cents we had two short-shorts and two full movies, usually westerns, and for 10 cents we had popcorn and a drink. We had a rowdy time cheering the heroes and booing the villains.

Yes, it was boyhood time, growing up time, and few serious responsibilities to capture your afternoons.

After visiting my relatives in Nashville, I was given a ticket to fly back to DC on American Airlines. It is unbelievable now, but I was invited up to the cockpit and sat in the copilot's seat. The Captain told me to grab the yoke and fly the DC-3 as we headed up the western side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. So I did, and did a few ups and downs and gentle turns. It was 1937 and I was seven.

On December 7th, 1941, a Sunday, the fun and the joy were suddenly over, not to return fully for four more years. Anti-aircraft gun emplacements and searchlights appeared all over DC, and we were being given air raid drills at school. We were at war.